“Right Weight”
“O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret place of the steep pathway,
Let me see your form,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your form is lovely.”
Song of Solomon 2:14
Starting early in my childhood, I developed the beginning of what would later turn into full-blown eating disorders, including Anorexia and Bulimia.
And it had a lot to do with the unhealthy attitudes, passed down from my mother to me.
One of her favorite phrases, as we went on mother-daughter diet attempts was:
“When you and I get down to our ‘right weight…’”
That phrase tortured and haunted me.
I discuss some of these experiences within my book, “Thin Enough: My Spiritual Journey Through the Living Death of an Eating Disorder.”
The Most High calls our forms beautiful, according to His Word. Right now.
Embrace that; embrace your form! It is lovely!
